''Raparna'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

s of the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

Description

Palpi with second joint reaching vertex of head and thickly scaled. Third joint long and naked. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia nearly naked. Forewings with rectangular or rounded apex. The areole sometimes very small if present, or usually absent. Hindwings with vein 5 from well above lower angle of cell. Vein 3 and 4 from cell or on a very short stalk.

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae of

or the subfamily

Calpinae The Calpinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1840. This subfamily includes many species of moths that have a pointed and barbed proboscis adapted to piercing the skins of fruit to feed on ju ...

of the family

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...

Species

* ''

Raparna bipuncta ''Raparna'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. Description Palpi with second joint reaching vertex of head and thickly scaled. Third joint long and naked. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia nea ...

'' Warren & Rothschild, 1905 * ''

Raparna confusa ''Raparna'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. Description Palpi with second joint reaching vertex of head and thickly scaled. Third joint long and naked. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia nea ...

'' Mabille, 1900 * ''

Raparna conicephala ''Raparna'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. Description Palpi with second joint reaching vertex of head and thickly scaled. Third joint long and naked. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia nea ...

'' Staudinger, 1870 * ''

Raparna crocophara ''Raparna'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. Description Palpi with second joint reaching vertex of head and thickly scaled. Third joint long and naked. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia nea ...

'' Turner, 1922 * '' Raparna didyma'' Mabille, 1900 * ''

Raparna limbata ''Raparna'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. Description Palpi with second joint reaching vertex of head and thickly scaled. Third joint long and naked. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia nea ...

'' Butler, 1898 * ''

Raparna minima ''Raparna'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. Description Palpi with second joint reaching vertex of head and thickly scaled. Third joint long and naked. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia nea ...

'' Warren & Rothschild, 1905 * '' Raparna ochreipennis'' Moore, 1882 * ''

Raparna tritonias ''Raparna'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. Description Palpi with second joint reaching vertex of head and thickly scaled. Third joint long and naked. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia nea ...

'' Hampson, 1902

Former species

* ''Zargata melanospila'' is now ''

Janseodes melanospila ''Janseodes'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by Pierre Viette in 1967. Its only species, ''Janseodes melanospila'', was Species description, first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in India, South Africa a ...

'' (Guenée, 1852)

References

* * Staudinger (1870). ''Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift'' 14: 121. Boletobiinae Noctuoidea genera {{Boletobiinae-stub